Founding Donors and Long-Term Partners

Founding donors will play a critical role in helping transform Future Makers Workshop from a vision into a lasting community resource. We invite you to invest in a legacy that benefits the future of the youth, the arts, and the environment, in the West San Fernando Valley. 

You can become a founding donor today with a tax-deductible donation. Together, we can make the future beautiful.

Donor Packet PDF

Meaningful Partnerships

FMW seeks to have meaningful and beneficial relationships with our donors and partners. The following donor opportunities are available:

  • Visionary Founder $50,000+ 

    • Permanent wall naming opportunities, a permanent, large and prominent place on our gratitude window, on our website, and on event branding materials. 

  • Legacy Builder $11,000 - $20,000 

    • Large, permanent recognition in our gratitude window, on our website, and on event branding materials. 

  • Artistic Patron $6,000 - $10,000

    • Large, annual recognition in our gratitude window, on our website, on event branding materials. 

  • Creative Catalyst $2,000 - $5,000

    • Medium, annual recognition in our gratitude window, on our website, and on event branding materials. 

  • Community Supporter $1,000 

    • Small, annual recognition in our gratitude window, on our website, and on event branding materials. 

  • Friend of the Workshop $100 

    • Your support will help provide scholarships, art supplies, community programs, workshops, exhibitions, and a safe creative space where everyone can belong.

“Young people are inheriting the consequences of climate change, pollution, and environmental injustice, but they are also bringing urgency, imagination, and courage to these challenges.” Katrin Hornek

Katrin Hornek, “Testing Grounds.” In collaboration with Karin Pauer, Sabina Holzer, and Zosia Hołubowska. Installation view, Secession Building, Vienna. 2024. Photo: Eva Würdinger

Environmental Justice & Art

Katrin Hornkek, Vienna-Based Artist

Katrin Hornek is an Austrian artist, researcher, and educator whose work explores the complex relationships between people, place, industry, and the Earth itself. Working at the intersection of art, science, history, and environmental justice, Hornek investigates how human actions, from resource extraction and industrial development to nuclear testing and climate change, leave lasting marks on both the landscape and our bodies.

“Art can help teens make sense of the world around them, find their voice, and transform concern into action.”

Hornek’s work has intersected with the environmental justice communities near Canoga Park, the Santa Susana Field Lab. Melissa Bumstead, of Parents Against SSFL, recorded a voice message used in Hornek’s interactive turtles for her artwork, “Testing Grounds.” The handheld devices, shaped like turtles, provide multi-layered narratives surrounding the measurable evidence of radioactive radiation around the world as a result of the testing and use of nuclear weapons. The exhibit was featured at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, and at the Secession Hall, Vienna.

“Future Makers Workshop is such a promising idea because it creates a supportive, creative space where teens can develop visual communication skills, build confidence, and connect their personal experiences to the issues affecting their communities.” - Katrin Hornek